strike up

Verb
  1. Start playing (synset 201654652)
    "The musicians struck up a tune"
    referred to in:
    • music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)
    • music - (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
    • music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    is a type of: play - play on an instrument
    same as: sound off
  2. Begin (synset 201645853)
    "strike up a conversation"; "strike up a friendship"
    is a type of: initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

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